we have that sort of thing? My word no expense spared here is there. I just wondered if there was anything those in the know would like to communicate to those of us in the dark about what this whole business was about and what it implied for us.

I can, at least, give you the basic details here, especialy as they are something that we wish to communicate to other factions as well: essentially, this is a contract like any other. We are still a politically neutral organisation, we just have a permanant contract with the Republic Government. Part of the pay for this contract involves us receiving all benefits that paying members of the republic recieve, without having to pay ourselves. Additionally, in order to carry out this contract, we have been given a seat on the security council.